A MAN AND LEFT A WOMAN WOUNDED. HOPKINS, WHO HAD A HISTORY OF VIOLENT CRIME, KILLED HIMSELF DURING THAT BARRICADE STANDOFF EARLIER THIS MONTH. IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR. IT IS THE 18TH ANNUAL MARYLAND STATE POLICE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE. PROCEEDS GO TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. ROB ROBLIN ON SPECIAL FRIENDSHIPS THAT HAVE GROWN INTO HELPING ATHLETES. THEY FIRST MET IN THE SIXTH GRADE. THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSE FRIENDS EVER SINCE AND IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, ANOTHER CAME INTO THE PICTURE. ALL THREE HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS THESE DAYS. AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THIS GUY. [INDISCERNIBLE] MAC'S THREE-YEAR-OLD SON NATHAN, WHO ONE DAY WILL BE A SPECIAL OLYMPIAN HIMSELF. HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. SHE REACHED OUT TO US ONE NIGHT, LETTING US KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED THE SUPER PLUNGE. I WENT DOWN TO THE TENT TO GO VISIT AND ENDED UP STAYING FOR THREE OR FOUR HOURS. AND I LEFT ASKING HOW I COULD BE PART OF IT. THEY OWN THE RAMS HEAD TAVERN, ONE OF THESE SPONSORS OF THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE. THIS IS ONE OF THE VARIOUS EVENTS AT THE RAMS SAID, AND THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS GROWN TO BEING PARTNERS IN THE PLUNGE. NOW IT IS A MAD SITUATION, AND GIVING IS THAT PERSONAL TIE HAS MADE IT THAT MUCH MORE COMMITTED. BEING IN THE PLUNGE IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO GIVE THEIR TIME AND THEIR ENERGY AND THEIR MONEY. AND IT GOES TO A WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN MARYLAND. NATHAN THE'S DAD MATT WILL BE A SUPER PLUNGER. AND THERE IS TEAM NATHAN. WE HAVE SEEN SO MUCH FOR ALL THE FAMILIES INVOLVED. FOR US, IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO BUY THAT FOR OUR SON AND HAVE OUR WHOLE FAMILY BE PART OF IT. THE PLUNGE WILL BE THIS WEEKEND.